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16 BIGGEST fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason + 8 draft strategies to construct BEST roster

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While the preseason scores and results don’t count, what we takeaway from the games does matter. Matt Harmon provides his 16 biggest fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason action, including his thoughts on key injuries, playing time for certain rookies and his overall thoughts on young QBs like Shedeur Sanders and Jaxson Dart. After the break, Scott Pianowski joins the show with Harmon to share his 8 best draft strategies to construct the ideal roster this month.(2:00) - Yahoo Fantasy Draft Weekend is in Las Vegas August 22-24!(3:35) - Preseason Week 1 fantasy recap: Headlines that matter, playing time notes and sicko stuff(3:50) - Headlines that matter: Slater out for year, Travis Hunter's debut, Tyjae Spears' ankle injury, Jayden Reed in a boot, Anthony Richardson leaves game with finger injury, Stafford starts to throw, Rachaad White's groin injury(13:30) - Playing time to note: Texans put WR Jayden Higgins in X role, Jaguars RB usage, Tyler Warren's usage in Indy's offense, Chase Brown is in the clear RB1 role, Carolina WRs, RJ Harvey and Marvin Mims' roles in Denver, Jets rotate RBs, Will Shipley clear RB2 in Phlly(25:55) - Sicko stuff: Deep sleeper rookie WRs to watch + Thoughts on Dart and Sanders' debuts at QB(31:30) - Scott Pianowski joins the show(32:45) - 8 draft strategies to construct the ideal roster(32:50) - RB strategies: Robust RB, Hero RB and Zero RB(52:40) - WR and TE strategies: Robust WR and Vanity TE(1:12:45) - QB strategies: Vanity QBs, Late-round QBs and mobile QBs Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast app:🎧 Apple Podcasts🎧 Spotify🖥️ YouTube📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tvAnd check out Matt Harmon and Yahoo Fantasy on our socials:📷 @YahooFantasy: https://www.instagram.com/YahooFantasy⌚ @YahooFantasy: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofantasy🐦 @YahooFantasy: https://x.com/YahooFantasy🟦 @YahooFantasy: https://www.facebook.com/YahooFantasy/

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While the preseason scores and results don’t count, what we takeaway from the games does matter. Matt Harmon provides his 16 biggest fantasy takeaways from Week 1 preseason action, including his thoughts on key injuries, playing time for certain rookies and his overall thoughts on young QBs like Shedeur Sanders and Jaxson Dart. After the break, Scott Pianowski joins the show with Harmon to share his 8 best draft strategies to construct the ideal roster this month.

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